ANDREEV REFLECTION AT SUPERCONDUCTING CONTACTS TO GAAS/ALGAAS HETEROSTRUCTURES

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LENSSEN, KMH [1 ]
MATTERS, M [1 ]
HARMANS, CJPM [1 ]
MOOIJ, JE [1 ]
LEYS, MR [1 ]
VANDERVLEUTEN, W [1 ]
WOLTER, JH [1 ]
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[1] EINDHOVEN UNIV TECHNOL,DEPT APPL PHYS,5600 MB EINDHOVEN,NETHERLANDS
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10.1063/1.110598
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Highly transmissive ohmic contacts to the two-dimensional electron gas in GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures have been made. For these contacts, which are of mum scale, a newly developed process of Ti/Sn evaporation and diffusion has been used. Devices consisting of these superconducting contacts combined with gate structures have shown clear evidence for the occurrence of Andreev reflection. Moreover a marked effect of the gate voltage on the dV/dI-V characteristics has been found, which proves that superconductivity has been induced into the semiconductor.
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